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10th Circuit agrees Facebook photos, not discrimination, the cause of Denver employee’s firing
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A former custodian for the City and County of Denver failed to show that race was the reason for her firing, rather than her misleading representation of herself online as a police officer, the federal appeals court based in Colorado ruled on Wednesday. Denver terminated Emina Gerovic, a white woman from Bosnia-Herzegovina, in November 2017. She alleged…
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Judge’s financial conflict does not require reopening case, 10th Circuit finds
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A federal judge did violate the law when he failed to recuse himself from a case, but there is no need to reopen the lawsuit or overturn his rulings, the federal appeals court based in Denver decided on Thursday. In what appears to be the first ruling of its kind from the U.S. Court of…
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10th Circuit upholds sealing of records in response to Colorado Springs church’s harassment
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The federal appeals court based in Denver has upheld a trial judge’s decision to block access to certain court records, out of concern that members of a Colorado Springs church would use the information to harass and intimidate witnesses. A long-running and unusual quest for transcripts has been intertwined with the Colorado Springs Fellowship Church…
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EPA abused discretion by denying Suncor Colorado refineries exemption from clean air law, court says
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The federal appeals court based in Denver has overturned a 2019 decision of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that refused to grant Suncor Energy’s Commerce City Refinery an exemption to a key environmental law. Although the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit cautioned the EPA could find, upon further review, that Suncor still…
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10th Circuit partially turns aside special education appeal of Colorado Springs student
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For the third time in three years, the federal appeals court based in Denver has turned away a legal challenge to a Colorado Springs school district’s provision of special education services, finding the case was based on a version of the student’s educational plan that was no longer in effect. However, a three-judge panel of…
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10th Circuit rebuffs appeal of attempted Pueblo synagogue bomber
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The federal appeals court based in Denver has turned away an appeal from a man serving nearly 20 years for his attempted bombing of a Pueblo synagogue who had challenged a portion of his sentence on First Amendment grounds. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit did not actually reach the question of…
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Corrections official may not sue supervisor for race-related hostile work environment, 10th Circuit says
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A corrections officer who was called the N-word and a “Black bitch” and received death threats from the inmate who attacked her may not sue her supervisor for a hostile work environment, the federal appeals court based in Denver determined on Thursday. People who work in jails or prisons regularly face a certain level of…
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COURT CRAWL | Taxpayer Bill of Rights emerges unscathed from lawsuit, update on Biden’s judge nominees
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Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. The Denver-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit dismissed a decade-old lawsuit seeking to invalidate Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights and the U.S. Senate has gone on recess for the rest of the year without confirming one of…
